Former linebacker at UCF. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′3″ · 202 lb · Roanoke, AL
Recruiting
LB recruit
No. 409 nationally · Signed with UCF
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at UCF. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
Ja'Qualin Birdsong
The receipt: 5 tackles against Tusculum — Week 1, 2026.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at UCF, 2 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Frost
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | UCF | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 37-49vs Campbell | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 1 | W 48-14vs Tusculum | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 3-35@ North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |